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The Navy Lark: Series 6: Chasing the Kepeac

06/07/2012

Chasing the Kepeac

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Navy Lark, Series 6, Chasing the Kepeac

Sister ships Troutbridge and Makepeace are sent on a wild ghost chase into the fog.

Sister ships Troutbridge and Makepeace are sent on a wild ghost chase into the fog. Stars Leslie Phillips. From November 1963.

Sister ships HMS Troutbridge and HMS Makepeace are sent on a wild ghost chase into the fog.

Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey, Ronnie Barker as Commander Stanton, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell. 

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976. 

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman 

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1963.

The Navy Lark: Series 6

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